"Mount" Special Ability location?

[Kyugre]

Hello everyone,

Trying to build out a character who uses a mount, however, I can only find things that reference this ability (as well as horses who have it) and not what it does. Is there a page in the Playtest Rules or Beastiary that has it? I tried a search and had no luck.

Thanks!

[Fuzzypaws]

It's on page 284, but not highlighted with a subheading.

Page 284 wrote:

You or an ally can ride your animal companion as long as it is at least one size larger than the rider. If you do, it can use only its land Speed unless it has the mount special ability. In addition, if someone is riding your animal companion and it doesn’t have the mount special ability, it can’t use the Work Together action.

[Derry L. Zimeye]

A question I wanna ask- is there anywhere in particular to find details on how to get a mount without taking levels in classes or archetypes that give you it?

[Fuzzypaws]

You can just buy a horse, but it won't level with you. You'll have to spend 2 actions per turn to control it, and it will eventually die in one hit every hit as enemies get stronger.

The only way to have a viable mount is to take animal companion feats as granted by a class or archetype.

[Joey Cote]

Or for the GM to give players access to "unusual" mounts later on, griffons, unicorn, etc. For huge sums of gold of course. I do wonder if one of the reasons they removed long distance travel spells was to cause characters to want/need access to such creatures.

Kind of in the same vein, I wonder if the problem with having to spend two actions a round to control a mount and how that works with exploration mode was (fatigued after 2 "turns" or so) intended to cause players to want to pick up the Ride feat to avoid making such trips incredibly annoying. I doubt this was the intent but as it is having to travel on foot or avoid taking a feat that is going to only be useful for cutting down overland travel time (for most characters) is pretty horrible.